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The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino

kleo11's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

lyssa_books's review against another edition

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challenging fast-paced

2.5

ivywitch's review against another edition

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sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

taylorreadsbooks's review against another edition

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1.0

This book was terrible. I have read many retellings of Beauty and the Beast but this one was by far the worst.

myantonia's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

lizziculby's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

alvinawahlberg's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

2.0

wolfdreamer97's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mistidayz's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Beast Within tells the story of Beauty and the Beast through the prince’s POV with all the dreadful details of his slow transition. How vain and pompous he was. The lives he destroyed along the way. What a retched human he was (sadly there are many like this in irl). 
Here we see again just how manipulative the Odd Sisters are, perhaps even more so then they were in Fairest of All. They gladly torture the prince for what he did to their little sister.